and the coast guard crew will search again today for seven people still missing from a chartered fishing boat that capsized and sank in mexican waters one week ago today. good morning, from the east bay, the peak. you see the sunrise and also the marine layer upward of 2,000 feet this morning. that will bring cooler air to our inland valleys again today. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. richmond police have a triple homicide on their hands this morning. they are questioning the only person found alive inside an apartment where an apparent shootout left three men dead in one room. abc7's john allsston talks with investigators and neighbors about the blast of gunfire yesterday at a city housing project with a reputation for violence. >> reporter: whatever happened inside this two bedroom unit at the triangle court apartment complex, it was excessively violent a close-range gun battle

involving three men, numerous shots and more than a few weapons. residents here, who have seen their share of crime were taken back. >> it's crazy. i'm tired of it, i'm sick of it. >> reporter: richmond police say 36-year-old michael a anderson was murdered. also killed 19-year-old donte delony and a man that stopped by for some unknown reason. >> we have him in for interrogation and interview and he's cooperating. we aren't looking for any other suspects. the entire crime scene is in one room in the house. >> reporter: police say there were children's bunk beds in one room but no kids were home at the time. >> i know the little boy that lives there. mark has played with him on a couple of occasions. >> reporter: richmond's iron triangle neighborhood has endured violent crime over the years. just outside the apartment where the homicide took place there

was evidence of suspected drug use and a bullet showcasing not connected to this shooting. police say they are frustrated because things were getting better. >> it really does have a sense of community. the lighting is better, the tenants are no longer able to be able to be involved in criminal activity so we have seen a big reduction in violence. when things like this happen, we have to determine why. >> ms. turner doesn't think the neighborhood has gotten safer. >> it happened here, and i want to move. i don't feel secure in my area, place of living, and that's about it. >> reporter: police are still trying to come up with a motive in this case. as for the man being questioned who was here at the scene, they say he is a person of interest and in the a suspect at this point. in richmond, john alston, abc7 news. >> a sacramento-based c-130 coast guard crew will conduct another aerial search today for seven people still missing from a chartered fishing boat that capsized and sank in mexican

waters back on july 3rd. a group of bay area residents was onboard when the ship was knocked over by big waves. abc7 talks with one survivor who found himself floating in the sea of cortes. >> i thought to myself, i am going to die here. >> charles is used facing danger. he's a former oakland police lieutenant. he's now a chief of police for the contra costa college. he was onboard the eric. >> it was like the titanic. i felt this feeling of abandon ment. >> the 57-year-old and several others were in the dark water confused and scared. charles didn't have a life vest. instead he held on to an ice cooler. dozens floated nearby. finally a fellow fisherman, glen wong, offered his. wong's brother, brian, is still missing.

>> he gave me this vest, which saved my life. >> but then the group separated. carroll spent nearly 15 hours alone. he eventually swam to an island where local fishermen found him and another survivor. this is video of charles in mexico back on land. in the meantime the search for seven others who are still missing continues today. >> do you think they are still alive? >> i hope so. >> the coast guard has agreed to keep looking, at least until tuesday. since the accident, survivors have been found in the water and on nearby islands. >> if i made it to an island, they can. i hope they are somewhere on one of those islands out there waiting to be helped. >> don lee's family is trying to stay strong, but is having a hard time. they are bracing themselves for the worse. they would like a specialized dive team get involved and search the sunken ship. >> their main goal is to get the dive done, get the closer and whether my father in law, their father is down there.

if that's the case, bring him home. >> the secretary of tourism for baja, california said a deep water dive team from hawaii is willing to help. abc7 news. >> here are some details on what a diving expedition in the sea of cortes could curtail. >> a five team could last two weeks and cost $100,000 in a private company takes on the job. the fishing boat is thought to be at a depth of 200 to 300 feet and that would require what is known as a mixed-gas dive where divers need a special mixture of oxygen, helium and nitrogen. each dive could take a half-hour to reach the boat and a full hour or more to return to the surface. >> you have the problem of getting all the equipment there to do it, then you have the problem of doing the actual dive and the penetration is probably the most dangerous thing, is you don't know how the wreck is, you don't know if it is sitting

up right, upside down. >> another obstacles, divers could only spend 15 minutes at a time searching inside the sunken ship. cal fire crews of battling a wildfire north of sacramento this morning in the foothills. high winds snapped a power line around 4:00 yesterday afternoon and caused the flames to quickly spread out of control. this video shot last night shows calmer winds after sunset. the fire is burning near the town of smartville. so far no homes are threatened. crews have cut containment lines around 25% of the fire. a tsunami alert has been lifted after yet another major earthquake in japan last night. the 7.0 quake shook japan's northeastern coast. it's the same area devastated by a quake and tsunami just four months ago. the epicenter in the pacific

ocean, 131 miles east of sundai, the area hit hardest in the march quake. dozens of aftershocks have rocked the country since that disaster >> we are hours away from a debt show down, the negotiations on capitol hill over the debt ceiling. house speaker john boehner has rejected president obama's compromise offer to make major cuts to the federal government and social services in exchange for tax heights. boehner reportedly made his decision of a speaking to president obama by phone yesterday afternoon. the president offered to put social security, medicare and medicaid cuts on the table, in exchange for a tax hike of roughly $100 billion per year over ten years. democratic and gop leadership scheduled to meet later today to continue the debt ceiling negotiations. up next, atlantis prepares for the final shuttle dock with the international spacestation. we will have the latest on the mission.

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through a back flip maneuver. that allows the crew to photograph and inspect the heat shield to make sure it wasn't damaged during liftoff. docking is scheduled for 8:07 our time. tonight on abc7 we will air an exclusive interview with jaycee dugard. she was kidnapped when she was 11 years old and held captive in antioch for 18 years by philip and nancy garrido. people have been waiting to hear from the girl. >> she's a survivor. i would be proud to have a daughter like that. i really would. she went through an awful lot. >> you can watch diane sawyer's interview with her in a two-hour prime time special tonight at 9:00 here on abc7. diane is also going to be answering questions about her interview on twitter. you can tweet your questions to diane sawyer on twitter.

>> this morning the final edition of the british tabloid "news of the world" is saying "thank you and good-bye." it was shut down of it accusations of illegal hacking into voicemail of young murder victims, celebrities and grieving families of dead soldiers. >> we already apologized. we have been let down by people. but the result was the paper hit down its readers. >> now rupert murdoch's take over of a satellite station is also in jeopardy. he's blown to london to do damage control. this is the final day for the royal couple.

they plan to attend a jobs fair in culver city. they had a full kay yesterday. they spent time raising money for charity and talking about some of their favorite causes. bob has been traveling with them and has more from los angeles. >> they were at the bowl polo club where the well-known came to mention well the world's most famous newlyweds. >> he's lived his life in dignity and seems like a really good guy. >> security at the polo grounds was extremely tight. even the vips were screened, their luxury cars carefully inspected. will and kate came here to raise money for the many charities that the duke and his brother, harry, support. >> we are hoping to focus on military veterans and families. we also want to give the most

disadvantaged young in society hope and confidence in their lives. >> in a sea of splendidly dressed guests the duchess stood out again. the future king ever england showed how comfortable he is on a phoney on the polo feel. it's a skill he shares with his father and harry. it's a bit risky for royalty. prince harry took a tumble last year in new york but escaped injury. >> their tour has been different than the tour in canada where adoring crowds got up-close and personal with the world's couple. >> the thing i noticed is you don't get any access, and if you do you have to pay through the nose for it. here people paid thousands of dollars four ticket and they are literally getting a glimpse of william and kate. >> how did you like those hats? >> very cool. my fair lead. >> yeah, exactly. lisa is here to talk about

should we be wearing hats today? is it that kind of weather in. >> it might get blown off if you are by the coast. the sea breeze is transporting the marine air to the inland valleys for more cooling. there's about a 2,000-foot deck out there right now but sunshine is on the way this afternoon. i'll have the details next. >> also next, tim lincecum shuts down the mets at at&t park in his final start before the all-star game. we have your highlights coming up in this morning's sports.

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this year's a.i.d.s. walk san francisco will be held next sunday, july 17th, in golden gate park. you can register by calling or visit aidswalk.net. >> and the weather looking pretty fine today for all sorts of activities. >> and definitely trending downward temperatures. we are getting used to that since the middle of last week. today we will look at the sunshine. the sierra nevada, 36 in truckie, going to a high of mid-70s later on today. you see the turn shine there. back home we have patchy fog and the deck of low clouds up to 2 enthusiast feet. that 2,000 feet. that will allow for the school sea breeze to pen rate the inland valleys. the marine air made its way into the sacramento valley so temperatures knocked down into

the mid-80s there. only low 80s for our valley. 63, 54 concord, 52 in fremont. temperatures, once again they are cooler this morning, anywhere from a degree to about 9 degrees cooler in redwood city. the highlights, maybe some mist and drizzle along the san mateo coast and san francisco. temperatures today another 5 degrees cooler and the trend takes us right through thursday, where numbers are going to come town another 5 to 7 degrees. most of the fog east and south this morning. not too much in the way in the north bay. some patchy fog there. we will look for the westerlies to continue to bring the cool breeze off the ocean, and as a result only 50s here along the coast. once again 60s into oakland and richmond works 70s being replaced in the santa clara valley. so no more 80s for you. we will be looking at some

80s, but you have to travel pretty far to the east. 86 in sacramento. i think by tuesday we will see the deck of low clouds make its way right on here to the sacramento valley. so the low cloud deck continuing to increase throughout the days ahead and still pretty pleasant in yosemite at 82. 77 in the southern sierra. we will look for a ridge of high pressure still bringing us the afternoon sun. but a trough of low pressure to the north and west of us continues to be parked along the pacific northwest coast and it will dig southward in the days ahead. that will provide the cooling once again today with temperatures bottoming out in the next two to three days. so today 73 in sunyvale with 76 in campbell. upper 70s as you head here. 76 and upper 60s for milbrae, mid-and upper 60s, no changes here for coast with partial afternoon clearing. 62 downtown. south city 66.

airport delays now of about 37 minutes on arriving flights. 80 in calistoga. you are still pretty warm in sonoma county with upper 60s in oakland. castro valley 74. the inland east bay about 80 today in dublin, 81 in pleasanton. 82 livermore. you get the idea of numbers trending down toward. 67 in santa cruz with some afternoon sun. still chilly at the coast. we will look for a repeat performance tomorrow and then the temperatures will take another 4 to 6-degree dip in the inland valleys. thursday we try to recover. looks like warm is headed back our way by the end of the work week. >> when do we get back to the 90s and is 100s? >> we could by next weekend. we will see. >> the giants try to end the first half of the season on a winning note against the mets out at at&t park. last night tim lincecum tried to

even his record and silence some critics prior to tuesday's night's all-star game. collin resch has the highlights and the sports. >> good morning. six wins, eight losses and an all-star? even tim lincecum wanted nothing to do with that. timmy will head to phoenix, a .500 pitcher. a party cruise in the bay last night. i was not invited. first inning, lincecum facing daniel murphy, and murphy wins this at-bat. deep to right. bounces up and off the wall. carlos beltran scores. 1-0 new york lead. the double. extends his hit streak to 20 games. runners at second and third. table set for nate schierholtz. up the middle. tejada fields. this is the tag. the throw is late. everyone is safe. game tied. giants get two more runs in the game by a fielder's choice and timmy able to tame the mets' offense. six strikeouts in six innings of four-hit ball. 3-1 giants. they are now two up on arizona in the west.

quote from my producer, will south wood last night. i'm just sick of it, he said! he was talking about his beloved oakland a's after an embarrassing loss in arlington. josh willingham, first pitch gives the a's an early lead. a towering blast to left all colby lewis. his team leading. 4-0 lead. of course, it didn't last. in the fifth, brandon mccarthy delivers. adrian beltre demolishes. his second homer in as many games. four-run inning to tie the game up at five. then a's up 6-5. then the ninth inning collapsed. elvis anders, grounder to second. connor jackson overcommits. not enough time to get back to the bag the weak throw is wide. that's going to leave a mark on jackson. oakland's 70th error of the season. it was costly. next batter, josh hamilton, sorry a's fan, but part of me is very happy for him. what a somber last three days he has had. walk-off two-run homer. 7-6, the final. rangers go for a four-game sweep this afternoon.

history made by derek jeter yesterday. third inning against the rays. he joins wade boggs as the only player to hit a home run for their 3,000th hit. he becomes the 28th player to reach the milestone in major league history. amazingly the first yankee to ever get to 3,000. and he wasn't done. a perfect 5 for 5 at the plate, including the game-ringing base hit in the eighth. yankees 5, rays 4 in the bronx. and 2, that's the number of goals the earthquakes have scored in their last five games that. number includes last night's contest against philadelphia. while the quakes didn't make much noise, the head coach did his share of yelling. ejected for the tirade in the second half. keeper john bush really good. 53rd minute, denied. bush to get his 58th career shutout. san jose scoreless as well and ends in a nil-nil draw. quarters finals women host cup and the host nation germany is out. stunned by japan."

108th minute, they outrun the german defense, fires past the keeper and that would be the gail winner. the two-time defending champ is ousted. japan advancing to the semifinals for the first time ever. team usa, they play brazil today." it looked like a mistake at the top of the woman's leaderboard after two rounds. miyazato in first place and in second place. no mistake, it was true. mika and ai, both from japan. shot of the day not from miyazato, leon the par-5. dunks it. and lee is 3 over par. on 58, here's ai miyazato, inside the fringe for birdie and it will drop. back-to-back birdies. she's 4-under. one shot back of mika miyazato. she rolls in one of herbier des of the day.

due to weather delays, both miyazatos unable to tee off so they will play that and potentially the final round today. if only steve stricter could dominate the masters the way he does the john deere classic. he would love that. the two-time defending champ in position for a third straight win at the event. nearly holds the approach on 10. he shoots a 63 at 20-under. he will take a two-shot lead into today's final round. nascar from the bluegrass sheet, for the first time at kentucky speedway, kyle bush pulled away from jimmy johnson on a restart with with three a laps together and he would take the checkered flag. his third win of the season. the tour de france, no change at the top. hushovd is in first, evans second. i will see you again at five, six and 11. until then i'm collin resch. >> up next, san francisco landlords are talking lawsuit. plan to make it easier for ex-cons to get housing, and why

some landlords call it outrageous." and the government's plan to roll back home loan limits and how it will cut into the bay area housing market.

>> welcome back. the san francisco police union accepted a deal this weekend that allows officers to get a 5% pay raise that they agreed to earlier to avoid layoffs. they agreed to pay 3% more into their pension fund sooner rather than later to help the budget. it was worked by by mayor ed lee with union leaders. the pension funding issue may ultimately be decided by san francisco voters, who are likely to face two competing ballot measures in november.

some landlords in san francisco are concerned about a proposal they say would force them to rent to excons. the city's human rights commission wants to change city codes as a way to keep former offenders on track. >> he works in a garden outside san bruno jail. he was just released from the facility back in january and now desperately needs housing but says no one will rent to him. >> they want the police report and it's just hard. you have a felony and they just don't want to. i never get a call back >> the city's human rights commission wants to add people like thomas, those with arrest or conviction records, to categories like race, religion and sexual orientation when it comes to prohibiting housing discrimination. >> what we are doing is giving people a chance to turn their lives around. >> sparks is executive director of the commission. >> we around going to force something down someone's throat if there is really a legitimate

reason, but just because they were arrested five years ago or ten years ago and if they haven't done it again, yeah, that's not a reason not to reason not to rent to them. >> the new proposal has the support of the sheriff's department, d. a. and others who show studies show stable housing and employment reduce recidivism. but landlords are talking about suing. >> the city of san francisco is again trying to legislate in an arena that is controlled by the federal government. >> she is executive director of the san francisco apartment association. she believes the federal law is already clear. >> you can't discriminate against people when they come to rent an apartment under the current federal fair housing laws. >> so would that make this a moot point? >> in my opinion it would make it a moot point. >> but this father of four says he keeps getting turned away. >> it's hard. i mean, you just got to keep

looking and keep trying. >> the human rights commission antidiscrimination proposals include employment, as well as housing for former offenders. there will be two public forums later this month so you can weigh in. they are at city hall. we have the information on our website, abc7news.com. dozens of guns are now off the streets of palo alto this morning. dozens of handguns and rifles were turned in yesterday during the city's gun buy-back program. each was exchanged for a $100 cash card. the buy-back program was established after a toddler was accidentally shot to death by a twelve-year-old boy who found a gun in a garage. >> it's a safety issue. chances of you injuring yourself with a weapon or someone in your family with a weapon you had stored are greater than you using it for self-defense. >> 137 guns have been turned in since the program began back in 2009. at-risk teens are turning

from tagging buildings to making art in san jose. the project creates murals in areas where graffiti is a problem. the project organizer says it gives kids something positive to do and helps create pride in the neighborhood. organizers also say many kids who join the project end up turning in their gang colors. santa clara's city manager is recommending the city deny a request by former 49ers great joe montana to get the first shot at developing city-owned property next to the planned 49er's stadium. montana and former 49ers owner , eddy, want 18 months of exclusive first rights to negotiate a lease with the city. they want to build a hotel, sports bar and retail project that they announced back in december. but our media partner, the san jose mercury news, reports the city manager sent a memo to

the council friday that recommends giving everybody a chance to bid on the seven-acre site on tazman drive. and counties are given a chance to join the newly formed energy authority at no cost if they act before november 7th. it is designed to compete with pg&e in selling electrical power to cities. it also offers a much higher percentage of so-called green electricity generated from renewable resources. ' cording to the paper the four cities who have not joined are corte madera, parks spur, ross and novoto. the amount of money home buyers can borrow through a conforming loan is being reduced which is not good news here in the high-priced bay area market. the federal government is mandating the change. why? here is abc7's leeann to

explain. >> a conforming loan, most residents can borrow up to $729,000. conforming loans are backed by the government, fannie mae, freddy mac and the fha. by october it will be reduced by $104,000, leaving future bay area homebuyers the ability to borrow only $625,000. researchers at the george washington university school of business are suggesting the fha loan limits should be rolled back even further. >> so you need to come up with that extra 104 out of your pocket or you would need to have a jumbo loan, and that would be more expensive. >> jumbo loans are not attractive to most homebuyers. >> the interest rate is higher, but also it's more difficult to qualify because there are fewer lenders that are providing loans of that size. >> the concern is by reducing the conforming loan limits, thousands of californian homebuyers will be shut out of

home ownership unless they can come up with a higher down payment. >> people don't have it. incomes have dropped. there's so much unemployment. >> industry experts say lowering the lone limits could affect home values and our economic recovery. >> what we are seeing are closed doors up and down the neighborhood. >> but not everyone agrees. russell is a business owner in burlingame. >> i don't think it's going to have a huge effect only because the area we are in, the real estate prices are high enough where there aren't going to be that many things because the vast bulk of them are already jumbo loans. >> leeann said the higher loan limits have been extremely helpful to counties like san mateo. there the sale ever the average home for the first quarter of this year was $970,000. according to the experts in the industry, it's unlikely congress will extend those limits. >> lease a, how is the weather shaping up today. >> it will be cooler today, although we are looking at a

sunny afternoon. here's santa cruz, you see the low clouds there. we have a clear start in the east bay and south bay. i will tell you when the clouds will peel back and how warm it's going to get coming up. >> also coming up, did you know there's such a thing as a growing movement called urban for evidentiary? it gives new life to wood gathered inside city limits. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste?

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the closer also includes jfk drive, which links the highway with golden gate park. a circus will perform in the park. that's 36th avenue and sparkles lane. the san francisco symphony will perform at 2:00. the best part of the sunday streets program, it is all free. looks like a lot of fun out there. >> starting out with gray condition outside right now but things will brighten up. downtown in the lower 60s today. we see part of a broken deck out there. we have airport delays, 36 minutes on arriving flights. the deck of the clouds extends to the east, not as far at liver mohr or concord, but to the north as well. we are starting out with numbers in the mid-50s for some of the lower locations. we are looking at the breeze making its way through the delta

into the sacramento valley this afternoon. eventually the fog in the next several days will make its way through the gaps, as well. we are looking at the cooling trend getting underway and staying with us. 9 degrees of cooling from yesterday morning in redwood city with 4 degrees cooler in san rafael. temperatures coming down another about 3, 4 degrees today, especially in the south bay and the east bay. we will have these below-normal temperatures probably through thursday. so as the numbers stay in the upper 50s here, not much has changed with the onshore flow breezy at times with the sea breeze. 60s across the bay. a little warmer to the north. the 80s being replaced with mid-70s today here. numbers below normal all the way down to southern california all week long. it looks like another ridge of high pressure is going to try to

build in from the east by the end of the work week. that should warm the speier state up again but between now and then, mid-80s. a lot cooler in sacramento. 77 in the northern sierra. we are looking at thisfer sis ten trough of low pressure parked to the north and west of us. it continues to dig to the south. as it does, that will bring the cool trend a little bit more dramatic day-by-day, as the fog continues to the depth of that marine layer deep spend move eastward. so we will look for slower clearing and numbers coming down another two, three degrees as we head toward tuesday, then maybe a few more degrees on wednesday. 74 santa clara and milpitas today. nice afternoon. 76 saratoga. by about 3:00 you should hit 75 in redwood city. 57 in pacifica. san francisco about a degree cooler today with afternoon sun, partial clearing along the coast. but remember, you could run into some coastal drizzle there this

morning. only 57. 77 calistoga with mid-70s in castro valley. 80 dublin and walnut creek with 28. some afternoon clearing with afternoon day in monterey at 63. an evening game tonight with numbers in the 50s. the fog moving on in and dropping through the 50s throughout the game tonight. notice a little cooler tomorrow and we bottom out tuesday, wednesday. try to recover the end of the work week. i hiv and a.i.d.sed at a warming trend. it looks that way. so we have that to look forward to. >> but a little bit chilly out there at the game tonight? >> yeah. >> all right. there was a time when a tree that had to be taken down in your yard was good for nothing but firewood. now green carpenters are coveting the urban wood and

finding more useful purposes for it. here's dan ashley. >> this tree in oakland has to be cut down because it was undermining a retaining wall. tree trimmers will take it apart and chip the branches to be used for mulch. but the biggest parts of the tree will be spared from the firewood pile end and up at the oakland lumber yard. >> the tree is like opening up a novel. there is stuff inside that you don't expect and you learn about. >> master carpenter, paul, sees the beauty in this urban wood. he owns joinery structures. they take trees from urban settings, ages the wood, and then mills it. the resulting timber will be turned into homes, furniture and restaurants. >> all this wood that grows in the urban forest, people to things to it it. they grind it, hang hammock on it, and they cut off the limbs and it makes the wood had a lot of character. >> it's part of a growing

movement around the bay area and around the nation n may the friends of the urban forest hosted the first californian urban wood conference. they brought together for forestry experts, cities and woodworkers to educate them about the urban forest and to talk about the alternative uses for wood gathered from city landscaping and local yards. >> we see urban wood coming out of our cities in a way that it shouldn't be. it's been chipped up right away and turned right into mulches and things which are used, about you that value is not as strong as a table. >> urban for evidentiary allows woodworkers access to timber they usually can't get their hands on. >> sometimes the biggest trees are in the urban areas and they are treated like garden plants and they are well-taken care of. >> sam came to the conference from ohio. he wrote the book on harvesting urban wood. >> things are taking off. they are colessing and we are moving to the point i believe we will have the urban forest products industry.

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>> no one else wants to pay someone else's bridge toll, but that's what a man was asked to do. he was getting someone else's toll violations on his account. michael finney stepped in to help. >> drew polt has learned to go with the flow, so to speak. he's been paralyzed since a viral infection put him in a coma back in college. getting around isn't always easy, but he manages quite well. but managing a problem with the bridge toll, well, it proved to be too much so he came to 7 on your side. >> about a year and a half ago in march of last year i started getting toll violation notices for a car that's not mine. >> the toll violations all occurred on the dumbarton bridge, a bridge he says he never uses. the violations came in bunches. >> one, two, three.

>> he called fastrac, but weeks would pass and more bills for more unpaid tolls would arrive. >> seven, eight, mine. >> each time he called fasttrac admitted the mistake and said it would be taken care of but the bogus violations kept piling up. >> fourteen, fifteen. >> he received 15 in all over a four-month period. >> it was pretty ag greating. i mean i called them a few times, i sent them a letter, and then i assumed it would stop. >> security cameras snapped this picture of the violator's license plate, 4ydb248. drew's plate is 4ydb218. >> the license plate is similar, but it's one number off. >> so what's the confusion? the bay area toll authority explains it this way in an e-mail. the camera system was reading the plate incorrectly. no manual review of the license plate was conducted because the program assigned a high confidence level for its automatic read.

two years ago 7 on your side did a story about a danville family facing a near identical problem. >> the violations continued to mount and continued to mount. >> fasttrac told us back then it was working with its contractor to fix the problem. two years later it says the easiest solution by far would be the elimination of a license plate frames. the bay area toll authority has not proposed to do with license plate frames. but it did take care of drew's problem after being contact the by 7 on your side. >> you know, if i wasn't a comedian with a higher standard of comedy, i might think it was funny. >> fasttrac tells 7 on your side it has 1 million accounts in the bay area and the automated system handles well over 99.9% of the transactions flawlessly. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, it's no fish tale. we will show you a little-known

historic spot right here in san francisco.

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pretty much the same, yeah. >> the historian said it started in 1943. >> there was a tiny platform where two people could cast at the same time and people would go there and wait their turn to wait their turn to practice casting. >> the club later convinced the city to build the lodge and pond. >> you can actually see that this was hewn by hand. >> inside are floor-to-ceiling lockers filled with the stuff of fish stories. the club has 500 members, but the ponds are also open to the public. >> relaxing. you know, it's being out in the open, listening to the birds. as you can see, there's no hook there. [laughter] >> the ponds are internationally known. one of the few urban places to practice and learn. tom gong learned here and now

teaches. >> some people prefer very, very, what is known as very fast rods. in that case the rod bends only -- almost only in the tip. and then other people would prefer a rod that has medium action and bends further down. >> national tournaments also put it on the map and yet many san francisco people don't realize it's here in their back yards. heather ishimaru, abc67 news. >> we will see a lot of clouds at golden gate park this afternoon, but some clearing. we have it clearing up in the north and east for a low 80s today in livermore and concord. cooler than we were yesterday. the sea breeze will be with us each and every day. the next four days will be cool.

in fact, bottoming out tuesday and wednesday, then it looks like we will be warming up come friday and saturday. so a little bit of everything in the seven-day for you but starting out pretty gray out there, maybe some mist and drizzle at the coast. >> all right. sounds good. that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. our next newscast starts at 9:00 this morning. i'm carolyn tyler, along with lisa. have a good sunday, everyone. have a good sunday, everyone. good morning america is next.

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